Inmate found with Prez Estate map, sketches of BSF posts

A jailed undertrial from West Bengal was found in possession of maps related to Rajpath and Rashtrapati Bhawan, along with sketches of BSF posts on the Indo-Bangla border, following which UP police have sent a team to the eastern state for probing the matter.

During the state-wide checking of jails here on June 7, police authorities recovered maps of Rajpath and Rashtrapati Bhawan besides sketches of Border Security Force (BSF) posts from <g data-gr-id="28">Saddiq</g> Ali (25) who is lodged in Moradabad jail in connection with a murder case for past four years.

Ali, who belongs to West Bengal was arrested in 2011 for allegedly killing his colleague Imran over some dispute in Sambhal district.

Notes in Hindi, Mandarin and Bengali were also recovered from his bag <g data-gr-id="23">alongwith</g> two cellphone memory cards, police said.

"We have sent a team to West Bengal to probe his background while state ATS has also been alerted. The maps recovered from him is a route map of New Delhi," DIG (Moradabad range) Onkar Singh said.

When asked about the notes in Mandarin, Ali told the police that he knew a Chinese national who taught him the language.

IG (Law and Order) A Satish Ganesh said in Lucknow that he had downloaded the map from Google website.

As per initial probe, Ali told police and intelligence that he and his father Nasir Ali moved to Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) a few years ago and worked as <g data-gr-id="26"><g data-gr-id="27">labourer</g></g> in a meat export firm.